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UNITED STATES 7 PATENT OFFICE j] GEORGE L. WAITT, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE. ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE GERMANIA BOTTLECOMPANY, OF

SAME PLACE.

I BOTTLE-STOPP'ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 379,919, dated March20, 1888. Application filed March 29, 1887. Serial No. 232,909. (Nomodel.)

. To. all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. WAITT, a

citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Bottle-Stoppers, of which the following is aspecification sufficient to enable others skilled in the art to make andpractice the same.

The present invention relates to that class of bottlestoppers in which aswinging bail carries the stopper which closes the mouth of the bottle.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of deviceshereinafter claimed, whereby I attain great simplicity, cheapness, andease of operation.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portionof a bottle-neck,

; I showing one form of pivoted locking-lever and the stopper seated onthe mouth of the bottle and locked. Fig. 2 is a corresponding viewshowing anotherform of locking-lever. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of theconstruction shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of theconstruction shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, with the stopper thrown back.Fig. 5 is a sectional View of a bottle-neck having two biting-rims forthe stopper. Fig. 6 is a detail side view of the stopper holder or cap,the stopper, and the back-stop forthe locking-lever. Fig. 7 is asectional view showing the manner of pivoting and attaching thelocking-lever to the stopper-holder.

The reference-numeral 1 designates a portion of a bottle, which, in thepresent instance, is provided with inner and outer biting-rims,

1 and 1", around the bottleniouth, as is claimed in my Patent No.342.051, dated May 18, 1887. A cap or holder, 2, for the cork or stopperproper (marked 6) is struck up from sheet metal, or it may be made ofcast metal, which probably is the preferable mode of .formation. The capis formed with a cavity, which receives acork or piece of rubber, 6,serving as a stopper, and made large enough to have the bitingq'ims onthe bottle enter the substance of the stopper when the latter is pressedinto or upon the bottle-mouth. The metal cap or holder 2 is formed witha transverse groove or channel, 2, on its upper surface, which serves asthe curved bearing or fulcrum surface for a rocking lever, 3.Furthermore, the top of the cap is formed with a fixed post, -7, whichserves as a back-stop for said lever 3. As shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3,the lever 3 is formed from a piece of wire,

erly coiling said wire. The bottom of the loop rests in the groove inthe top of the cap, and is held therein by means of a fasteningclasp,10, made of some ductile or flexible metal. which receives the bottom ofthe lever 3, and allows the latter to rock or turn in the groove whichis bent into a loop form, and has an eye, 3", formedat'the top by proprw This clasp 10 has an eye at the top,

in the cap. The legs of the clasp 10 are passed through a hole, 2", madein the top of the cap, and are then bent around or clinched on the underside of said top, as is clearly shown in Fig. 7. It will be seen thatthe clasp is the medium for attaching the lever 3 to the cap 2, and thatthe cork or rubber forced or held in the cap will contribute to preventthe unbending of the clinched ends of the clasp.

In Fig. 2 I have shown substantiallythe same construction as has alreadybeen de scribed. I 3 is made of a wire which has a top eye, two verticallegs brought close together, and bent at the bottom to form twojournals, 3. These journals turn in the groove in the top of the cap 2,and two clasps 10, instead of one, serve to hold the lever in place. Abail or yoke, 4, pivoted or hung on a wire ring, 5, surrounding the neckof the bottle, receives the eye poition of the lever 3, and consequentlycarries all the movable parts of the stopper-fastening. The bail or yoke4 swings in the manner common to stopper-fasteners of theswing-stopstopper will be uns'eated, and the lever and swinging bail canthen beswung away from In this instance, however,thelever the bottle inthe manner indicated in Fig. 4. lever seated and turning in the groovein the As shown more fully in Figs. 3 and 4, the cap 2, and the clasp10, passed through the back-stop 7 has a rounded groove, 7, which slotin the cap and clinched on the under side receives the eye 3 on theswinging bail when of the latter, with the cork or stopper 6 and 15 5the lever is in the upright orlocked position. the swinging bail 4,mounted on the bottle- Having thus described my invention, what I neck,substantially as herein set forth.

claim as new, and desire to secure b Letters Patent, is; Y GEORGE L.WAITT.

The combination of the cap 2, having a Witnesses: go rounded groove, 2,in its top and a slot th rough J. DANIEL EBY,

the latter, the back stop or post 7, the rocking S. LLOYD WIEGAND.

It is hereby certified that Letters Patent No. 379,919, granted March20, 1888, upon the application of George L. Waitt, of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, for an improvement in Bottle Stoppers, was erroneouslyissued to the Germania Bottle Company as sole owner of the patent;Whereas the said letters should have been issued to 8'. Lloyd Wiegand,of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and said Germania Bottle Oompam, jointly,

said Wiegand and the Germania Bottle Company beingassignees by directand mesne assignments of the entire interest in said invention .as shownby assignments of record in the United States Patent Office; and thatthe proper correction has been made in the files and records of the casein the Patent Office, and should be read in the Letters Patent that thesame may conform thereto.

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 27th day of March, A. D. 1888.

n. L. HAWKINS, Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[SEAL] Oountersigued BENTON J.HALL,

' Commissioner of Patents.

